Motorbike stunt rider in horrific jumps crash

A stunt rider in Belarus has been hospitalised after an horrific crash during an indoor jumps exhibition.

The daredevil was among a team of experts who were taking turns launching themselves across an ice-rink that had been transformed into a makeshift motorcross park.

The stadium was packed as each of the riders shot out of a corridor and up a steep ramp that saw them sail through the air and down a ramp that led to another corridor on the opposite side of the rink.

It was a case of now you see me, now you don't.

At least, that was until one rider miscalculated his speed and came up just short of the landing zone, resulting in a massive crash into the corner of the ramp.

A little faster and he would have made it. A little slower and he would have hit an inflatable barrier that is designed to guard against possible fails.

Instead, he thumped into the structure and fell around four metres onto his head. The extent of his injuries are not known.